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ξενικός 1

I.of or for a stranger, of foreign kind, opp. to ἀστικός, Eur.; ξενικά the taxes paid by aliens at Athens, Dem.;— τὸ ξ. the class of aliens, Arist.; τὸ ξ. (sc. δικαστήριον) the court in which aliens sued or were sued, id=Arist.
2.of soldiers, hired for service, mercenary, Hdt., Xen. τὸ ξενικόν ῀ οἱ ξένοι, a body of mercenaries, Ar., Thuc., etc.
3.= ξένιος, hospitable, friendly, Aeschin.:— ἡ ξενική friendly relation, as between host and guest, Arist.
II.foreign, alien, Hdt.; ξ. ὀνόματα foreign names, Plat.; of style, foreign, I. e. abounding in unusual words, Arist.

1 ξενικός, ή, όν

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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